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Guyana settlement Jonestown

 
 
Reply Wed 24 Sep, 2008 02:12 pm
In November of 1978, 913 people out of 1,100 people committed suicide in Guyana in a settlement called Jonestown. This settlement was ruled by a person named Jim Jones. He held psychological control of the inhabitants.

If Jim Jones was profiled before Senator Leo Ryan and members of his party were killed, would there have been such an incident?

* Would there have been a mass suicide?
* What would cause hundreds of people to willingly take poison?
* What would have been the constitutional ramifications of profiling Jim Jones before such an incident?
* Could there have been a cursory profile based on newspaper accounts of the People's Temple?
 
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Reply Thu 25 Sep, 2008 03:49 am
What do you think?
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Reply Thu 25 Sep, 2008 04:08 am
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If Jim Jones was profiled before Senator Leo Ryan and members
of his party were killed, would there have been such an incident?

That is uncertain, Aquagirl.
It depends upon the results of the profiling,
who BELIEVED them, and how well thay were disseminated.




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Would there have been a mass suicide?

Yes


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What would cause hundreds of people to willingly take poison?

Jones' demagogery and Jones' police, who shot anyone who chose not to drink.


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What would have been the constitutional ramifications
of profiling Jim Jones before such an incident?

None


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Could there have been a cursory profile
based on newspaper accounts of the People's Temple?

Yes





David

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Reply Thu 25 Sep, 2008 09:28 am
This is the subject of a recently published book:
"Raven: The Untold Story of the Rev. Jim Jones and His People details the life and ultimate demise of Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple. Written by journalist Tim Reiterman, the book reviews the history of the Peoples Temple. The book includes numerous interviews, audio tapes and documents among its hundreds of sources. The book received generally positive reception."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_(book)
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